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Mountain West Conference · Provident Credit Union Event Center · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread USU -9.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money SJSU +300 / USU -400
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJSU win
Actual USU +7 163 Lost
Massey USU -10.9 (+3.9) — —
Massey Totals — 150.7 (+12.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 2% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 1% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -9.4 (+2.4) 147.8 (+15.2) 15% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -11.5 (+4.5) 146.6 (+16.4) 14% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -10.1 (+3.1) 148.2 (+14.8) 17% ✓
Baseline ML USU -9.3 (+2.3) 149.7 (+13.3) 19% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 3, 2026 USU 96 – 78 SJSU
Feb 20, 2025 USU 105 – 57 SJSU
Mar 7, 2024 USU 90 – 70 SJSU
Jan 31, 2024 USU 82 – 61 SJSU
Feb 12, 2023 SJSU 69 – 64 USU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJSU USU
Overall 15-20 26-8
Conference 7-13 15-5
Home 7-9 15-2
Away 3-9 7-4
Neutral 4-2 4-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 70.2 78.8
Avg Pts Against 73.7 70.5
Massey -1.5 (#189) 13.4 (#36)
Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#242) 3.92 (#4)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.82 (#230) 5.13 (#6)
RPI 0.466 (#232) 0.650 (#11)
Shooting & Four Factors SJSU USU
FG% 43.6% 47.6%
3PT% 33.6% 32.1%
REB / G 32.3 37.0
OREB / G 9.3 12.2
AST / TO 1.13 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 54.0%
TOV% 15.1% 17.6%
ORB% 26.9% 36.1%
FT Rate 27.3% 28.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.9% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 22.0%
DRB% 69.5% 71.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 20.4%

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